Special Forces Tab

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Special Forces Tab

Awarded by United States Army
Type	Tab
Awarded for
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	1983
Last awarded	On going
Related	President's Hundred Tab, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab

The Special Forces Tab is a service school tab decoration of the United States Army, awarded to any soldier completing either the Special Forces Qualification Course, or the Special Forces Officer Course, at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Special Forces Tab was created in 1983 and is an embroidered quadrant patch worn on the upper left sleeve of a military uniform. Those soldiers awarded the Special Forces Tab are authorized to wear it for the remainder of their military careers, even when not serving in a Special Forces command.

At the time of its creation, the Special Forces Tab was retroactively awarded to any Army soldiers previously Special Forces qualified. Before creation of the Special Forces Tab, Special Forces status was indicated by wearing a full-size unit flash on the green beret. A support soldier (company clerk, cook, et cetera) assigned to a Special Forces unit wore a 1/4" high bar below the Special Forces Crest on his green beret. Today, only Special Forces-qualified soldiers may wear the green beret, making obsolete the unit flash and bar.

The Ranger Tab is a similar decoration authorized upon completion of the U.S. Army’s Ranger School.

The Sapper Tab is a similar decoration which is authorized for completion of the U.S. Army’s Sapper School.

The President's Hundred Tab is a similar decoration which is authorized for success at the annual competition held at Camp Perry, Ohio.

The order of precedence for the four permanent tabs is: President's Hundred Tab, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at once.